Boxty Breakfast

Name: Boxty Breakfast
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 25 min
Total time: 1 h 10 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Irish
Ingredients: 4 potatoes; 1 bunch green onions; 3 ½ oz all-purpose flour; 1 egg white; ½ cup + 2 tbsp milk; 1 tsp baking soda; 3 tbsp butter; 2 tbsp vegetable oil; 6 cherry tomatoes; 12 bacon; 6 eggs

An Irish breakfast made with pork. Ready in about 1 hour 10 minutes. Difficulty: medium.

45 minPrep (about)
25 minCook (about)
1 hr 10 minTotal time
4Servings
MediumDifficulty

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Ingredients

How many people?

− 5 people +

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Main ingredient

15 bacon

Fresh & other

5 potatoes
1 bunch green onions Shopping tip: Green onions (scallions).
4 oz all-purpose flour Shopping tip: All-purpose flour (UK: plain flour).
1 egg white
¾ cup + 2 tsp milk
1 ¼ tsp baking soda Shopping tip: Baking soda (UK: bicarbonate of soda).
4 tbsp butter
8 cherry tomatoes
8 eggs

Sauces & oils

2 ½ tbsp vegetable oil

How to make it

Steps in our own plain words.

Before you start, put oven.
Do it on its lowest setting, ready.
Keep things warm.
Peel the potatoes, grate 2 of them.
Set aside.
Cut the other 2 into large chunks.
Boil for 10-15 mins until soft.
While that cooks, squeeze as much of your liquid from your grated potatoes as you can using clean tea towel.
Mash the boiled potatoes.
Mix with flour, spring onions and the grated potato.
Whisk the egg white in a big bowl until it holds soft peaks.
Fold in the buttermilk.
Add the bicarbonate of soda.
Fold into the potato mix.
Heat a big non-stick frying pan over medium heat.
Add 1 ½ tbsp butter plus some of the oil.
Drop 3-4 spoonfuls of the potato mix into the pan.
Heat for 3-5 mins on every side until golden and crusty.
Keep warm on plate in the oven while you cook.
You will get 16 -size boxty from the mix.
Can be made your day ahead, drained on kitchen paper.
Reheated in low oven for 20 mins.
Heat the grill to medium.
Put your tomatoes in a heavy-based pan.
Add a good knob of butter plus a little oil.
Fry for about 5 mins until softened.
Grill the bacon.
Pile onto a plate.
Keep warm.
Stack up the boxty, bacon and egg.
Serve the tomatoes on the side.